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and says, hey, i can make a deal, obama will say you said before you could and couldn't. so how can i trust you?there are a lot of repercussions. host: we're talking with stephen dinan from the "washington times politics.? about the fiscal cliff, the numbers are on the screen. before going to the phones we want to show you a little bit about what speaker boehner had to say yesterday in his explanation as to why plan b legislation was pulled from the house vote. and he also added that he didn't think the members' refusal to vote on it was aimed at him personally. [video clip] >> there was a perception that the vote last night was going to increase taxes. i disagree with the characterization of that by, but it was out there and we had a number of our members who just didn't want to be perceived as having raised taxes. that was the real issue. you've all heard me say this and i've told my colleague this, you do the right things every day for the right reasons, the right things will happen. while we were not able to get the votes and avert 98.1% of the tax increases, i don't
and says, hey, i can make a deal, obama will say you said before you could and couldn't. so how can i trust you?there are a lot of repercussions. host: we're talking with stephen dinan from the "washington times politics.? about the fiscal cliff, the numbers are on the screen. before going to the phones we want to show you a little bit about what speaker boehner had to say yesterday in his explanation as to why plan b legislation was pulled from the house vote. and he also added that he...
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. >> >> my comment has to deal with medicare for senior is. it is very difficult. i thought neither candidate or the president really brought that home. it is difficult for seniors to understand how the plan's impact them without a clear example -- examples that hit home. for example, president obama talked about doctors that order reduplicate testing. i have seen that with my own husband with thousands of dollars in the copays for similar tests they could have appeared together and gotten the results. for example gov. romney talked about states. what happens when seniors relocate which they often do when they retire. well that eliminate them? would they have to reapply with the state? there is just so much there without somebody really spelling that out and showing seniors and talking on their level on how this impacts them. the debate did not help in that regard. thank you. >> thank you for making your comment. bird clip.d the bi birg what gov. romney said. >> there are three ways you can cut the deficit. one is to raise taxes. no. two is to cut spending. number
. >> >> my comment has to deal with medicare for senior is. it is very difficult. i thought neither candidate or the president really brought that home. it is difficult for seniors to understand how the plan's impact them without a clear example -- examples that hit home. for example, president obama talked about doctors that order reduplicate testing. i have seen that with my own husband with thousands of dollars in the copays for similar tests they could have appeared together and...
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but what he has said is, look, if obama wants to cancel going through the united states, which is the easiest route, the most practical route, i'll cut a deal with the chinese to finance putting a pipeline across the canadian rockies to vancouver, we'll ship it straight to china. the oil is still going to get out, and we will have lost every single job in 30 to 50 years of processing and access to the oil. now, this is truly dumb. but in all fairness, i was reassured, because the president, in a moment of decisive, courageous leadership , has announced that he is going to hold an invitation-only town hall meeting on main street in disney world. when we like to go to disney world, we like taking robert and maggie to disney world. i actually like the disney characters. and i thought to myself, imagine the photo opportunity when you have mickey, the president, and goofee. what are these people thinking of? i'm told they're going to close half of the magic kingdom in order to have a ticketed event. you know, it's just -- but we wanted to be fair, so we are writing a letter to disney, aski
but what he has said is, look, if obama wants to cancel going through the united states, which is the easiest route, the most practical route, i'll cut a deal with the chinese to finance putting a pipeline across the canadian rockies to vancouver, we'll ship it straight to china. the oil is still going to get out, and we will have lost every single job in 30 to 50 years of processing and access to the oil. now, this is truly dumb. but in all fairness, i was reassured, because the president, in...
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i am appalled at how bad obama is in getting washington to work. i am not exempting the republicans. this guy has no concept of how to negotiate and he has no concept of how to bring people together. you do it his way or he makes another speech. i will close with his example. the web-warner bill on developing oil and gas, offshore, republicans in the house should pass it. if the republicans would pass it, it would go to the senate. how does harry reid stop a bill written by two of his members? now you would have a bill creating energy, revenue, the -- a bipartisan bill creating energy, creating jobs, creating revenue, and the senate would pass it at that point. it would go to the president as a bipartisan bill. in this economy, if you have a bill that increases energy, increases jobs, increases revenue to the government, even obama would have a hard time vetoing it. you have to be creative and persistent but you can get the system to work if you have a vision of where you are going. and you are willing to work cooperatively. i like to meet folks. i
i am appalled at how bad obama is in getting washington to work. i am not exempting the republicans. this guy has no concept of how to negotiate and he has no concept of how to bring people together. you do it his way or he makes another speech. i will close with his example. the web-warner bill on developing oil and gas, offshore, republicans in the house should pass it. if the republicans would pass it, it would go to the senate. how does harry reid stop a bill written by two of his members?...
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caller: in 2008, i was a campaign manager for barack obama. he said, yes, we can. the representatives in the house, yes i can. i think there is a great deal of corruption in this country and it is very important people think about a third party because the third party is the only answer. i must say i am very disappointed and i hope ron paul is listening that he consider a third-party. there is a lot of conch -- questions out there. the american people do not have an alternative to what is being offered to us. thank you very much. >> thank you for your call. among the speakers will be newt gingrich, jeb bush, the founder of staples, kerry healey, former olympic athletes, and macro rubio. when it is over, we will be back here on this set taking your calls and actions -- reactions. our call is from dallas. a republican. caller: thank you for this opportunity to share my thoughts. i really appreciated paul ryan's words. he is a real american. the work he has done in congress and wisconsin, he knows his numbers. i liked what he said, that we do not need to attack to per
caller: in 2008, i was a campaign manager for barack obama. he said, yes, we can. the representatives in the house, yes i can. i think there is a great deal of corruption in this country and it is very important people think about a third party because the third party is the only answer. i must say i am very disappointed and i hope ron paul is listening that he consider a third-party. there is a lot of conch -- questions out there. the american people do not have an alternative to what is being...
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we continue to add during the obama years, but had to deal with the iraq and afghanistan wars and the bush tax cuts that were never paid for. the support president obama as our commander in chief? do you believe he is a united states citizen? do you accept the fact that he calls himself a christian? >> that was three questions. i will say, of course barack obama is our commander in chief. i wish he were a stronger commander in chief. >> to you believe in the? >> let him finish, please. you posed the question. >> i wish he were a stronger commander in chief. in recent weeks, we saw the tragedy of the assassination of -- >> let him finish. >> ok. >> they are simple questions. >> i understand you would like to put me on the cross examination stage. if you would like a -- >> i'll give you about 20 seconds, then we will move on. >> i wish she were a stronger commander in chief. in the last few weeks, we saw our ambassador to libya assassinated in an organized action by al qaeda on september 11. his response was to affectively apologize and blame it on an obscure internet video instead of s
we continue to add during the obama years, but had to deal with the iraq and afghanistan wars and the bush tax cuts that were never paid for. the support president obama as our commander in chief? do you believe he is a united states citizen? do you accept the fact that he calls himself a christian? >> that was three questions. i will say, of course barack obama is our commander in chief. i wish he were a stronger commander in chief. >> to you believe in the? >> let him...
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we need to deal with our debt. then we will give job creators the freedom to create the jobs that they want to create. thank you. >> during his news conference, president obama said the private sector was doing fine. mitt romney responded by saying the president is out of touch on the economy. the president's clarification came in a meeting in the oval office with the philippines president. this is about two minutes. >> ok. is everyone set up? it is a great pleasure to welcome president benigno aquino to the oval office and to the white house. i have the opportunity to spend a lot of time with him most recently during my asian trip. we met most recently in bali. at that time, we discussed how important the u.s.-philippines relationship was. we have extraordinary links between filipino americans that have brought our two countries closely together. we pledge to work on a whole host of issues that will continue to strengthen and deepen their relationship for the 21st century. we talked about how we can work on securi
we need to deal with our debt. then we will give job creators the freedom to create the jobs that they want to create. thank you. >> during his news conference, president obama said the private sector was doing fine. mitt romney responded by saying the president is out of touch on the economy. the president's clarification came in a meeting in the oval office with the philippines president. this is about two minutes. >> ok. is everyone set up? it is a great pleasure to welcome...
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host: any deal is likely to be limited. guest: we have heard about the talks between president obama and john boehner. a grand deal that would include some changes to social security, medicare, cuts in defense spending potentially as well. talking $4 trillion -- we are talking $4 trillion in 10 years. they have to come back in 2013 and talked about changes to social security, medicare and address the debt ceiling. host: we have some comments from our facebook page. they reflect the frustration we are seeing. guest: after the election, we heard the president and top republicans say the election is behind us and we can get down to do in the country's business. they both pledged by partisanship. that evaporated within days. everyone is back in their corner blaming the other side and not making much progress at all. business is retrenching. families are holding back on spending. host: why is compromise so difficult? guest: the with the primary system works has carved out the bit.e kila little they get blown back much more quick
host: any deal is likely to be limited. guest: we have heard about the talks between president obama and john boehner. a grand deal that would include some changes to social security, medicare, cuts in defense spending potentially as well. talking $4 trillion -- we are talking $4 trillion in 10 years. they have to come back in 2013 and talked about changes to social security, medicare and address the debt ceiling. host: we have some comments from our facebook page. they reflect the frustration...
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caller: i wanted to call a bout when obama told us he will create all kinds of green and jobs, making solar power's and things like that. china ended up selling us all of the summer panels because they could make them cheaper. then obama put a tariff on them so that would be made in america. that is the problem we have. this free trade with china is killing this country. we cannot afford to fix our roads or anything. it is killing us. why do you not talk about that? we need to get together with all the countries that have social security and say we will cut tariffs on the third world countries because we will not be able to keep social security. please do something and say something. china does everything they can to get jobs in their country. guest: you raise an issue that is very important to a lot of people throughout the midwest in the manufacturing states. when the story is told about how countries got themselves out of the great recession, one of the headlines will be that china did an industrial stimulus program on our backs. they kept their currency artificially low. they were
caller: i wanted to call a bout when obama told us he will create all kinds of green and jobs, making solar power's and things like that. china ended up selling us all of the summer panels because they could make them cheaper. then obama put a tariff on them so that would be made in america. that is the problem we have. this free trade with china is killing this country. we cannot afford to fix our roads or anything. it is killing us. why do you not talk about that? we need to get together with...
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guest: senator patty murray says going off the cliff might be preferable to signing a bad deal. i think president obama felt a little burned from the 2011 budget talks with john boehner, so he is driving a harder line, having won reelection. the idea of letting the tax rate on the top 2% go up is not really a surprise. i think everybody agrees that he campaigned on that. there are millions of people who voted for him that are expecting that to happen. host: the style section of the washington post has a piece about the director of legislative affairs at the white house, rob neighbors. what is his job? guest: behind closed doors, the staff members have a lot more influence because some of the budget issues are so minuscule and then the legislative issues have to be drafted in legislative language. when there are no cameras or microphones, the negotiators are really talking turkey about what concessions can you live with and how can i sell this to my based? he has to be an honest broker and he has to keep lwaks forget -- leaks from getting in the press or no one would trust him. h
guest: senator patty murray says going off the cliff might be preferable to signing a bad deal. i think president obama felt a little burned from the 2011 budget talks with john boehner, so he is driving a harder line, having won reelection. the idea of letting the tax rate on the top 2% go up is not really a surprise. i think everybody agrees that he campaigned on that. there are millions of people who voted for him that are expecting that to happen. host: the style section of the washington...
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we will deal with you because you have nothing to offer. we're not afraid of you. any of them can come over and be an opponent to president obama and he will beat or win against any of them. they do not have anything against him. he is the best of all of them, and i can tell you joe wilson is from your state, right? joe wilson was the first republican to show his true colors, to shout out and should disrespect to president obama. guest: what is your question? caller: the question is, how can you set up there and say all of these negative things about what president obama has not done when you represent the state that has shown that the disrespect for president obama -- host: we will leave it there. guest: look, we are never going to agree, and i am glad most of america does not agree with her. anybody is going to be obama. he has a disastrous record. he is running against congress. there is going to be a primary fight. i'm confident most of america agrees with our principals. we do not have perfect people anywhere. nobody
we will deal with you because you have nothing to offer. we're not afraid of you. any of them can come over and be an opponent to president obama and he will beat or win against any of them. they do not have anything against him. he is the best of all of them, and i can tell you joe wilson is from your state, right? joe wilson was the first republican to show his true colors, to shout out and should disrespect to president obama. guest: what is your question? caller: the question is, how can...
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but you mentioned the obama deal at the beginning is the nea runs the state of vermont. they control our democratic party, they control the legislator. and they call the tunes so some of the highest paid people in vermont are members of the nea surprise surprise. guest: the teachers unions do have a stranglehold on education in most american states. and let's be clear. they're a union that represents their members. their interest is doing the best for their members not for students. and in point of fact their interests sometimes do not coin side. we had an experience in our hometown of virginia with attempting to get an incompetent teacher fired from our local high school and it took years. and years. for nine years he was able to withstand a steady procession of parents complaining theap wasn't doing his job, wasn't showing up. and it's exceedingly difficult. so what we were told and an experience that lots of americans have had in other parts of the country as well is that the teacher has a right to the job rather than the students having a right to the best education.
but you mentioned the obama deal at the beginning is the nea runs the state of vermont. they control our democratic party, they control the legislator. and they call the tunes so some of the highest paid people in vermont are members of the nea surprise surprise. guest: the teachers unions do have a stranglehold on education in most american states. and let's be clear. they're a union that represents their members. their interest is doing the best for their members not for students. and in...
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unlike president obama, we will not cut deals behind closed doors to protect special interest groups. or include political carve out for some states at the expense of others. what we will do is make sure that our health care system is truly patient-centered. host: representative andrews, are you and your democratic colleagues comfortable with supporting the affordable care act now that it has been upheld by the supreme court? guest: i think we support it. the american people will continue to support it. i think the public deserves a better and clearer factual record. let me go through a couple of things the senator said. he described the plan as a massive tax. he is wrong about that. there are two kinds of people who will pay higher taxes under the new law. if a couple makes more than $400,000 a year, they will pay slightly higher income tax. very slightly. if a person who can afford health insurance refuses to buy health insurance and instead wants his or her neighbor to pays for their emergency room bill and their health care, if they try to pass out that cost upon other people in t
unlike president obama, we will not cut deals behind closed doors to protect special interest groups. or include political carve out for some states at the expense of others. what we will do is make sure that our health care system is truly patient-centered. host: representative andrews, are you and your democratic colleagues comfortable with supporting the affordable care act now that it has been upheld by the supreme court? guest: i think we support it. the american people will continue to...
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i -- and president obama cutting deals for example. about our military and domestic spending, i think the whole congressional front will be interesting. we look at these presidential races and the jockeying in the debates. the real events happen in the real world. one of them in the previous hour, europe -- what will happen with the european meltdown and how much will that affect the u.s. economy? while happy with iran? and what happens in congress? that could affect the general image of the president, of the republican party, and could affect the presidential race. host: let me get your reaction to what john huntsman said they say yesterday at his news conference announcing that he is no longer in this presidential race. "financial times," let's listen to what he said on that issue. [video clip] >> at its core the republican party is a party of ideas. but the current toxic form of our political discourse does not help our cause. and it is just one of the many reasons why the american people have lost trust and their elected leaders. t
i -- and president obama cutting deals for example. about our military and domestic spending, i think the whole congressional front will be interesting. we look at these presidential races and the jockeying in the debates. the real events happen in the real world. one of them in the previous hour, europe -- what will happen with the european meltdown and how much will that affect the u.s. economy? while happy with iran? and what happens in congress? that could affect the general image of the...
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i do not think the states should have a right because it is complicated enough to deal with congress. i certainly hope we will pay attention. another thing, too, is that all of the seven states that have not set up their exchange for health care, i think obama should put them all on medicare. that way the people will not suffer. that is my opinion. let congress handle it. obamacare should not be on the table. i have no problem with us going over the fiscal clef. host: david from union city. good morning. are you with us? ok. dave is turning into the tv rather than the phone call. we will look at the peace study. -- pew study. let's go to marie in alabama, a a democrat. good morning. caller: good morning. can you hear me? i think that the states are already represented through their congresspersons. we do not need to have double representation. host: ok. let's go to springfield, georgia on the independent line. caller: good morning. my comment is there are a number of states that are not paying enough to the federal government. they get a lot more money back. to have these states have
i do not think the states should have a right because it is complicated enough to deal with congress. i certainly hope we will pay attention. another thing, too, is that all of the seven states that have not set up their exchange for health care, i think obama should put them all on medicare. that way the people will not suffer. that is my opinion. let congress handle it. obamacare should not be on the table. i have no problem with us going over the fiscal clef. host: david from union city....
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president obama tried his best, but the demons on the other side, he has to deal with the beast only way the beast understands. this is not negative. we want to see those tax returns and romney's birth certificate, since they are from mexico. i want to see his grades. we don't see this as being negative. host: here's a look at one a day ad from the obama campaign. [video clip] >> mitt romney has used every trick in the book. he has paid less than 15% in taxes on $43 million in income and some wonder if he paid any taxes at all in some years. we don't know because he has only released one full year of his tax returns. >> i have put out as much as we are going to. >> what is mitt romney hiding? host: let's hear from tim in gainesville, florida. caller: good morning. nice to speak with you. host: what you think about that ad? caller: i know some people might think it's negative, but i think that what is happening with the president now is that he is running against a glorified flimflam man in romney. mitt romney said that he was going to get rid of obamacare and move to a time of person
president obama tried his best, but the demons on the other side, he has to deal with the beast only way the beast understands. this is not negative. we want to see those tax returns and romney's birth certificate, since they are from mexico. i want to see his grades. we don't see this as being negative. host: here's a look at one a day ad from the obama campaign. [video clip] >> mitt romney has used every trick in the book. he has paid less than 15% in taxes on $43 million in income and...
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prejudice out of the obama administration? >> thank you for your question. >> as you know, the governor feels very strong against with the obama administration has said. it is an important issue. we go around the country and talk to folks more and more. it is deep and uninvited. it is important. mitt will do better with catholic latinos than people realize. >> how much does ryan help with catholics? >> he is popular. i think it is more important that no one in washington cares more about governing and then paul ryan. that is the main message of the campaign. to strengthen the concept. he is the perfect partner by having someone who can really help in that issue. wisconsin is now in place. >> will we see advertising in wisconsin and michigan this weekend? >> i would not be surprised. >> we have time for one more question. >> i am with "the washington examiner." i want to ask you about the states. everybody goes to the states. i want to ask you on ron's question. are you guys lying? is everybody lying in this campaign, presumabl
prejudice out of the obama administration? >> thank you for your question. >> as you know, the governor feels very strong against with the obama administration has said. it is an important issue. we go around the country and talk to folks more and more. it is deep and uninvited. it is important. mitt will do better with catholic latinos than people realize. >> how much does ryan help with catholics? >> he is popular. i think it is more important that no one in washington...
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so i don't think obama is saying that his son would look like trayvon. i mean, i think he just means a son of that age, he has put himself in the shoes of a parent dealing with that situation right now. i don't think it's race related at all. host: and that's the last call we'll take on that topic. you may remember that the comments came as the president was in the rose garden for an entirely different purpose. that's for in the announcement of the nomination of jim young kim after president obama announced him and as nominee to become the head of the world bank. this is "the washington post" headline that the pick is a surprise as far as -- this is what it says. a finance experienced was cited of particular concern for an agency that aims to strengthen private markets and build infrastructure alongside the public health and social programs that underwrites -- host: before we go on and there's a little bit of information about mr. kim. host: so we'll hear a little bit more from the nomination and the president's reasonings behind choosing him. memphis, t
so i don't think obama is saying that his son would look like trayvon. i mean, i think he just means a son of that age, he has put himself in the shoes of a parent dealing with that situation right now. i don't think it's race related at all. host: and that's the last call we'll take on that topic. you may remember that the comments came as the president was in the rose garden for an entirely different purpose. that's for in the announcement of the nomination of jim young kim after president...
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it is expected to start at 2:30, but this deal could start any time. we will go there live. in the meantime, a discussion from this morning's "washington journal" on the proposed change in business taxes. >> we are joined to talk about the president's new corporate tax cut plan. take us through the new proposal but the president released yesterday. guest: the treasury department relates -- relate the president's for more. that is important because it does not have a lot of detail. they have sort of set the parameters of what they want corporate tax reform to look like. the first thing i he would do is reduce the corporate tax rate from 35% to 28%. that is a big change. they would do that by getting rid of a lot of what we call tax expenditures, special preferences in the code that typically only benefit one industry, like the oil and gas tax breaks. they're going to get rid of a lot of those things to help bring the rate down. then, they have some pretty -- then they have some pretty interesting new rules about taxing foreign profits the u.s. national corporations have. ther
it is expected to start at 2:30, but this deal could start any time. we will go there live. in the meantime, a discussion from this morning's "washington journal" on the proposed change in business taxes. >> we are joined to talk about the president's new corporate tax cut plan. take us through the new proposal but the president released yesterday. guest: the treasury department relates -- relate the president's for more. that is important because it does not have a lot of...
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. >> senator durbin said he thinks that president obama won't include a deal [inaudible] >> first of all, the debt ceiling. we would be foolish to work out something on stopping this from going over the cliff and then a month or six months later the republicans pull the same game as they did before and say we aren't going to agree to increasing the debt ceiling. i agree with the president. it has to be a package deal. what was your other question? [inaudible question] >> there are things we have already taken care of, the first of april and take a look at that stuff. that's not essential. [inaudible question] >> we can't do anything with the disaster aid package and i'm told it will be tomorrow or the next day. [inaudible question] >> republican, ok. you said what's holding it up? i said republicans. talk to the republicans. it's up to them. [inaudible question] >> i have said on a number of occasions the internet poker bill can move forward if we get 15, 17 republican votes. this stage, we have gotten none. >> you talked to the president over the weekend. are you hopeful, are you op
. >> senator durbin said he thinks that president obama won't include a deal [inaudible] >> first of all, the debt ceiling. we would be foolish to work out something on stopping this from going over the cliff and then a month or six months later the republicans pull the same game as they did before and say we aren't going to agree to increasing the debt ceiling. i agree with the president. it has to be a package deal. what was your other question? [inaudible question] >> there...
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for this issue, for dealing with middle east peace. people offer us some screaming comments. then i will move the podium and jeffrey goldberg will take over and there will have a conversation. after that we will open to the audience and all of you. that is probably when the jackets will come off. it will get harder and we will baton. let me invite senator george mitchell. -- it will get hotter. >> thank you very much, steve. thank you, ladies and gentlemen for your presence. my thanks to the atlantic and to dan abraham and robert wexler for organizing this event. danny has been a friend for many, many years and one of the most ardent and persistent advocates for peace in the middle east. i commend him for that and encourage him to continue and was pleased with some reservation which i will describe in a moment to accept his invitation to join you this evening. and bob wexler served with great distinction as a member of the alice of representatives for many years. i know danny is glad to have him as we all are. i was at first reluctant
for this issue, for dealing with middle east peace. people offer us some screaming comments. then i will move the podium and jeffrey goldberg will take over and there will have a conversation. after that we will open to the audience and all of you. that is probably when the jackets will come off. it will get harder and we will baton. let me invite senator george mitchell. -- it will get hotter. >> thank you very much, steve. thank you, ladies and gentlemen for your presence. my thanks to...
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however, if at the end of the year, president obama says we have hit the limit on the debt, we may be forced to prematurely have those discussions to deal with that issue, not wanting to know on election day we have hit that limit. or vice versa. you can postpone that discussion for the very same reason. we are not going to know that. one of the discussions taking place, once again, a matter of what the package is. what is the size and scope of what are we are asked to do? if we are asked to fix the doc fix can get out of town, we are looking at the window. we're talking a range of $20 billion. if we're talking something grander, you're talking different revenue and sources. you have to start wrapping your head around what may be on the table depending on what we are asked to do. >> let's talk about the different sources of revenue. there are lots of people in washington that have interest they do not want to see on the table. what within health care might be pulled as a source of revenue? the you think we will see medicaid cuts? some of the medicare defenders, could those be chopped?
however, if at the end of the year, president obama says we have hit the limit on the debt, we may be forced to prematurely have those discussions to deal with that issue, not wanting to know on election day we have hit that limit. or vice versa. you can postpone that discussion for the very same reason. we are not going to know that. one of the discussions taking place, once again, a matter of what the package is. what is the size and scope of what are we are asked to do? if we are asked to...
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host: here is president obama on the campaign trail with his perspective on how to deal with health care. >> i will never turn health care into a voucher. [applause] folks have worked hard their whole lives. they should not be spending their golden years at the mercy of an insurance company. they should retire with dignity and respect. yet we have to reform and strengthen medicare for the long haul, but we will do by reducing the cost of health care, not by dumping the costs onto seniors. host: tucson, arizona is next for those 55 years or older. hello to jim. caller: i just wanted to point out to your viewers that when you look into the future, the $700 billion taken out in the medicare and put into obamacare, it may result in things not just affecting insurance. the people thinking they are covered are going to find a doctor that will serve them. that is really what the danger is. i trust ryan's plan much better. host: what is it about his plan that you trust? caller: there is no change if you are 55 or older. there is nothing to worry about. it is a continuation of what we have. by re
host: here is president obama on the campaign trail with his perspective on how to deal with health care. >> i will never turn health care into a voucher. [applause] folks have worked hard their whole lives. they should not be spending their golden years at the mercy of an insurance company. they should retire with dignity and respect. yet we have to reform and strengthen medicare for the long haul, but we will do by reducing the cost of health care, not by dumping the costs onto seniors....
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host: "the financial times" editorials, one of them deals with mitt romney at bain capital. host: part of it is jobs created and jobs potentially lost. guest: part of the argument why the obama administration wants to put romney at bain during that time. thtey want to make governor romney responsible for those actions and they want to raise questions. a big part of why they're hitting this part is the outsourcing of jobs. host: dan on the republican line from ohio. caller: go back to when ross perot was a presidential candidate. he warned if we start all these free trade agreements, these jobs will leave the country. in the congress at the time, it was a bipartisan effort, eemocrats, republicans wer all for that. obama still supports all of the free trade agreements. he does everything he can to send jobs overseas. mitt romney came in and was taking advantage of the laws that were written by people like obama, that obama voted for. he took advantage of them in order to make money, whenever a company does or that are not in business anymore. what was going on was he was doing
host: "the financial times" editorials, one of them deals with mitt romney at bain capital. host: part of it is jobs created and jobs potentially lost. guest: part of the argument why the obama administration wants to put romney at bain during that time. thtey want to make governor romney responsible for those actions and they want to raise questions. a big part of why they're hitting this part is the outsourcing of jobs. host: dan on the republican line from ohio. caller: go back to...
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the deal they are about to vote on is identical to the deal president obama talked about the day after the election. all that has passed since then is time and various arguments back and forth. nothing fundamental has changed. they will be voting on a package almost identical to what they were going to do. guest: maybe they will be voting on a package that is similar. the frustration is clear in your voice. i have a number of wall street clients. from talking to them this week, there was a qualitative change in their tone and attitude. host: you worked as a financial communications national director with corvis. guest: the client wanted to believe something was going to happen. as of last monday, that attitude started to change. analysts were starting to downgrade what was happening. my only question was what took them so long. the signs have been there all year that a deal at the end of the year was going to be difficult. it turned out to be even more difficult than i assumed. guest: we are in non-partisan grass-roots organization devoted to educating the public about fiscal issues. g
the deal they are about to vote on is identical to the deal president obama talked about the day after the election. all that has passed since then is time and various arguments back and forth. nothing fundamental has changed. they will be voting on a package almost identical to what they were going to do. guest: maybe they will be voting on a package that is similar. the frustration is clear in your voice. i have a number of wall street clients. from talking to them this week, there was a...
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republicans have made such a big deal out of it. ronald reagan sent over 200 marines to their death and there was no public outrage. where is the republican outrage? only because of obama do we get this kind of reaction. thank you. host: edward, from miami, florida, this morning. another editorial, from being west, former infantryman. host: that is from the former assistant secretary of defense. we're taking your calls on this issue. b.j., good morning. caller: good morning. my question is, who is joe kelly? why would brought well be sending her threatening e-mails? -- broadwell be sending her a threat in e-mails? host: do you think the senate needs to hold a hearing on this? caller: absolutely. i look forward to his testimony under oath this time, rather than giving the cock and bull story from before. it is all because of the video tape. now he cannot be blackmailed by anyone. host: joe kelly is described as a 37-year-old social liaison at the air force base in tampa. host: did he have an affair with her? is that when he was so up
republicans have made such a big deal out of it. ronald reagan sent over 200 marines to their death and there was no public outrage. where is the republican outrage? only because of obama do we get this kind of reaction. thank you. host: edward, from miami, florida, this morning. another editorial, from being west, former infantryman. host: that is from the former assistant secretary of defense. we're taking your calls on this issue. b.j., good morning. caller: good morning. my question is, who...
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it was the first bill that obama signed. there is a bill regarding the paycheck fairness act that is a modernized and updated and deals with some of the loopholes in the equal pay act to help us. it is an economically important issue for women. it did pass the house at one point. it ran into a filibuster problem in the senate. it has yet to pass the paycheck fairness act and vigorous enforcement. these are critically important steps for women's economic security and the security of their families. now we know that women do not work for "pin" money. [laughter] women need paychecks to keep their families going. this is no laughing matter. this is a technicality. these are hard core policies that politicians decide upon that women need to be informed about in making their own decisions when they go to the ballot box. even more important than what their decision might be when they go is that they do go. i have to say that one of the things about encouraging women to vote -- we have seen some studies -- many women who do not vote
it was the first bill that obama signed. there is a bill regarding the paycheck fairness act that is a modernized and updated and deals with some of the loopholes in the equal pay act to help us. it is an economically important issue for women. it did pass the house at one point. it ran into a filibuster problem in the senate. it has yet to pass the paycheck fairness act and vigorous enforcement. these are critically important steps for women's economic security and the security of their...
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host: that is the second call about it be no big deal. guest: the big deal to me -- let's look at a medium-sized city like cincinnati. i don't know the population but i will guess 2.5 million in the metro area. out of those 2.5 million, there are probably 98% of them are law-abiding citizens. do we step up surveillance in all the different forms we can? do we do that to 98% of the citizens of cincinnati in order to catch the 2% who have malicious intent? i would say that the money that is going toward these expense of surveillance attempts, perhaps there are better ways where we can do forensics on the people who are committing crimes rather than investing so much money in tracking innocent citizens were not doing anything wrong. host: largo, fla., independent line -- good morning? let me punch the button. caller: good morning, it is easy to sell normal people like the lady before a call. if you're thinking about hard crime like robbers and something like that, let's civil law is changing -- if you are breaking below, you should wear yell
host: that is the second call about it be no big deal. guest: the big deal to me -- let's look at a medium-sized city like cincinnati. i don't know the population but i will guess 2.5 million in the metro area. out of those 2.5 million, there are probably 98% of them are law-abiding citizens. do we step up surveillance in all the different forms we can? do we do that to 98% of the citizens of cincinnati in order to catch the 2% who have malicious intent? i would say that the money that is going...
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a statement on the court's deal significance on immigration. in part, the president said i'm pleased that the supreme court has struck donkey provisions of arizona's immigration law. at the same time i remain concerned about the practical implications of the remaining provision of the arizona law that requires local law enforcement officials to check the immigration -- because of what they looked like. going forward, we must ensure that arizona law enforcement officials do not enforce this law in a manner that undermines the civil rights of americans. also, attorney generic holder commented that as the court itself recognized, section 2 is not a license to engage in racial fro filing, and i want to ensure communities around this country that the department of justice will continue to vigorously enforce federal prohibitions against racial and ethnic discrimination. on line at c-span's facebook page. go to cspan.org and offer your thoughts. we will be live in front of the court for immediate rearcs and get your thoughts on whatever the court deci
a statement on the court's deal significance on immigration. in part, the president said i'm pleased that the supreme court has struck donkey provisions of arizona's immigration law. at the same time i remain concerned about the practical implications of the remaining provision of the arizona law that requires local law enforcement officials to check the immigration -- because of what they looked like. going forward, we must ensure that arizona law enforcement officials do not enforce this law...
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obama. host: and what does this have to do with the senate negotiating a fiscal of deal? caller: let me tell you something. if you go to the website listed on the left and upper side, united states -- each tax coming out of each state is going towards the or. -- war. i believe all of these politicians, mayors, governors should take a half cut pay to pay down the deficit. host: we are going to move on to darwin on the line for independents. caller: it is like the pentelikon, back in 1968 i was even fighting with the pentagon over budgets. you always had to have everything kept the same. nobody was going to change anything because next year there were going to pop everything by 10%. they told you got to worry because you would get 10% more. that goes all the way back to 1968. they just keep dwelling on one thing over and over again. i would like to know from the boston globe or the herald is asking for pictures of -- host: let's move on to del on the line for democrats. caller: this is an outrage that they cannot tax the wealthy by an additional 4%. this is the lowest tax r
obama. host: and what does this have to do with the senate negotiating a fiscal of deal? caller: let me tell you something. if you go to the website listed on the left and upper side, united states -- each tax coming out of each state is going towards the or. -- war. i believe all of these politicians, mayors, governors should take a half cut pay to pay down the deficit. host: we are going to move on to darwin on the line for independents. caller: it is like the pentelikon, back in 1968 i was...
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in terms of israel and iran, it is clear president obama and most officials and commanders think it would be a mistake for israel to attack iran and trigger another war that is not as useful as it should be in dealing with the iranian nuclear problem and has enormous consequences that could catch us up in a big, complicated war all over again. host: help us understand what the significance of and done it -- ahmadinejad being made to answer questions from religious leaders. guest: one reason i think military action is a mistake now is the military -- the political system is a train wreck. difference dubliners -- different governors are accusing each other of witchcraft, believe it or not. ahmadinejad is a willful, strong headed person that wants to run the government. it is a system divided among itself. as the problem of sanctions deepens, iranians, who are sophisticated people, a rich culture that could be a very modern country, and as some point i think iranians will say enough. this divided government is not serving our interests, and a worsened economic situation is not acceptable. wh
in terms of israel and iran, it is clear president obama and most officials and commanders think it would be a mistake for israel to attack iran and trigger another war that is not as useful as it should be in dealing with the iranian nuclear problem and has enormous consequences that could catch us up in a big, complicated war all over again. host: help us understand what the significance of and done it -- ahmadinejad being made to answer questions from religious leaders. guest: one reason i...
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and let me just share with you how newt gingrich is dealing with the issue of health care and going after mitt romney in this newt gingrich web ad. >> president obama said that he designed obamacare after romney care and basically made it obamneycare. >> this is similar to the bill that mitt romney, the republican governor and now presidential candidate, passed in massachusetts. >> and tom baxter, that's the argument that newt gingrich is making and also the argument that rick santorum has been trying to hammer home these past couple of days with caucuses yesterday in kansas and now the next few days as he campaigns in mississippi and alabama. >> yeah. and it has some resonance, i think. obama is not popular in these states. and certainly a governor of massachusetts who passed the health care plan is going to be somewhat suspect. but i also think that you have a lot of voters in these states who their first priority is going to be to turn the president out of office. president obama out of office. they're going to be pretty pragmatic about which one they think has the best chance of doing
and let me just share with you how newt gingrich is dealing with the issue of health care and going after mitt romney in this newt gingrich web ad. >> president obama said that he designed obamacare after romney care and basically made it obamneycare. >> this is similar to the bill that mitt romney, the republican governor and now presidential candidate, passed in massachusetts. >> and tom baxter, that's the argument that newt gingrich is making and also the argument that rick...
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to president obama city was confident a deal would be reached. it they say they are making progress. usa today, investors curious to how the market might react if the fiscal cliff is avoided. looking at some of the debates over the fiscal cliff as well as entitlement reform and the plan sequestration cuts, the wall street journal says that entitlements have a split democrats, changes to medicare, they are being debated as the debatedlooms. debate looms.the they are supporting for pushing for all safety net programs to be largely excluded from budget negotiations. and the tinker crowd. they would approve of making cuts to the machinery of the health-care system. and the go big crowd, could they are willing to entertain a bigger ideas, such as raising the medicare eligibility age and using the means testing. and grover norquist, he is plenty wants to reduce government debt to the size or we can grab it in a bathtub. -- where we can at ground it in a bathtub. conservative activists lashing out at the establishment. they are angry over gop lashes. ev
to president obama city was confident a deal would be reached. it they say they are making progress. usa today, investors curious to how the market might react if the fiscal cliff is avoided. looking at some of the debates over the fiscal cliff as well as entitlement reform and the plan sequestration cuts, the wall street journal says that entitlements have a split democrats, changes to medicare, they are being debated as the debatedlooms. debate looms.the they are supporting for pushing for...
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can sign it regarding the discussion on the unemployment situation, in what you are dealing with, the research and everything, these folks came out in large numbers for president obama who was the candidate in 2008. of the disappointed by the fact that so many of their rank and file are unemployed in 2012? >> there is a tremendous amount of -- guest: there is a tremendous amount of frustration. they reached out very actively. many of them are quite frustrated. they do not believe that president obama has done a good job on youth unemployment. they may have delayed a major life decision because of the economy such as purchasing a home, having kids. they switch cities, get new skills, new opportunities. they are not doing that. >> and to bring up the major life changes have been delayed. we have another guest on this show. you mentioned buying a home. folks reports they have delayed buying a home -- 44% sun. saving for retirement, 28%. palin office to the mon, 27%. change in jobs and cities, starting a family -- 23%. getting married, 18%. is having a significant effect on these folks fr
can sign it regarding the discussion on the unemployment situation, in what you are dealing with, the research and everything, these folks came out in large numbers for president obama who was the candidate in 2008. of the disappointed by the fact that so many of their rank and file are unemployed in 2012? >> there is a tremendous amount of -- guest: there is a tremendous amount of frustration. they reached out very actively. many of them are quite frustrated. they do not believe that...
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you deal so much with the border issues. the obama administration has increased the number of deportations. we expect to see 400,000 this year. is that working out well? guest: even some of those deportations are under the present law and those are hard ship deportations. the separate families. women and mothers separated from their families. husbands and fathers separated from their families. by and large, those immigrants have come across the border in particular, the southern border, they have really come for opportunity. frankly, i think the administration has bhamstrung enforcement. i've been to the california border, the texas border, arizona. i think, since i have been in congress we have seen dramatic improvement of resources of the border patrol, with night goggles, helicopters, equipment, laptops, etc., and we have seen it improve gradually. the relationship between the border and the united states is huge. it's $12 billion in month in trade that we are doing at the border. so we have to balance the relationship we
you deal so much with the border issues. the obama administration has increased the number of deportations. we expect to see 400,000 this year. is that working out well? guest: even some of those deportations are under the present law and those are hard ship deportations. the separate families. women and mothers separated from their families. husbands and fathers separated from their families. by and large, those immigrants have come across the border in particular, the southern border, they...
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obama winning female vote 55% 2 mitt romney's 44%. that was down a little bit from 2008, when obama won 56% to about 43%. guest: if you dive deeper into the numbers, it is not so much the there is a gender gap. we talked a lot about the gender gap. there is a marriage gap. obama won by better than two-one among unmarried women. he also won among unmarried men, but a smaller margin. he lost married women and married men, but a bigger margin. unmarried women make up more than 20% of the electorate. they're increasingly a building block of the democratic coalition. that is what is driving that gender gap the people talk about. to al in new york on the line for independents. caller: as a registered and there wasoter, no candid on the ballot this year for the independence party. -- can get it on the ballot this year for the party for independents. there is a few percentage points out there that they just do not have until election day, keeps them on their toes. this year it was not the case. they knew where they're going to vote, so my que
obama winning female vote 55% 2 mitt romney's 44%. that was down a little bit from 2008, when obama won 56% to about 43%. guest: if you dive deeper into the numbers, it is not so much the there is a gender gap. we talked a lot about the gender gap. there is a marriage gap. obama won by better than two-one among unmarried women. he also won among unmarried men, but a smaller margin. he lost married women and married men, but a bigger margin. unmarried women make up more than 20% of the...
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a convention where president obama successfully was able to broker a deal. that is what conventions have traditionally been used for. you bring together your base support. if you go into a general election without base support, it is over. if you look back to most conventions where there has -- have been major arguments outside of 1952, usually the nominee is not going to win the general election because you need the base to win. you cannot be fighting members of your own party if you are going to be successful. it back to 1980 where ted kennedy fought -- think back to 1980 where ted kennedy fought jimmy carter. even though carter won, kennedy did not show enthusiasm for carter. at the end of the convention when the leaders went on the stage, ted kennedy was not smiling. he was barely alive for the cameras. the message he sent to his supporters is do not support jimmy carter. jimmy carter later suggested the reason he lost in 1980 was because he did not have the full support of ted kennedy and his supporters. host: we have also talked about the 1976 conventi
a convention where president obama successfully was able to broker a deal. that is what conventions have traditionally been used for. you bring together your base support. if you go into a general election without base support, it is over. if you look back to most conventions where there has -- have been major arguments outside of 1952, usually the nominee is not going to win the general election because you need the base to win. you cannot be fighting members of your own party if you are going...
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you can get pretty good deals there. i am just wondering if this compares to a tempest in a teapot with the 800,000 or nine of the thousand dollars -- big deal, we are talking billions of dollars here and there and everywhere -- with $800,000 or $900,000. guest: compared to certainly the entire federal budget or the budget of gsa, it is not a tremendous amount of money. however, $800,000 on one conference like this is a fairly high amount of money. necessarilyk it characterizes as a tempest in a teapot because they did spend a lot of money and there were several questionable expenditures. host: is their political hay to be made out of this? guest: it comes at a very bad time for the obama administration, both in the middle of a campaign where they are trying to say they are responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars and after last fall in the wake of another scandal about conference spending where they said we will step up our oversight of spending on these kinds of things. so, it comes at an inopportune time for them. hos
you can get pretty good deals there. i am just wondering if this compares to a tempest in a teapot with the 800,000 or nine of the thousand dollars -- big deal, we are talking billions of dollars here and there and everywhere -- with $800,000 or $900,000. guest: compared to certainly the entire federal budget or the budget of gsa, it is not a tremendous amount of money. however, $800,000 on one conference like this is a fairly high amount of money. necessarilyk it characterizes as a tempest in...
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that will be followed by president obama honoring the 16 winners of the 2011 national matter -- national medal of arts and humanities metal. tonight on c-span come here from google's [inaudible] . >> i have always believed the internet can help change the world. i know this sounds very cliche or does not make sense to a lot of people, but that is just how i see things. working for google working for a company like this that this project on line in egypt will make a difference. i remember the interview, the typical why do you want to work for google, it was not -- what i liked about google, the democracy of offering people information. probably people living here do not understand the value that we all have equal access to information. oppressing regimes most of the people would only get streams of propaganda falling into their brain, and this is how the regime could sustain, besides making everyone scared. >> see his remarks as part of our prime-time lineup. it also includes a former navy seal on the mission that resulted in the killing of osama bin laden and the debate on whether to pro
that will be followed by president obama honoring the 16 winners of the 2011 national matter -- national medal of arts and humanities metal. tonight on c-span come here from google's [inaudible] . >> i have always believed the internet can help change the world. i know this sounds very cliche or does not make sense to a lot of people, but that is just how i see things. working for google working for a company like this that this project on line in egypt will make a difference. i remember...
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it is only president obama and the democrats that have taken $500 billion out of medicare, and you have to be able to address those challenges. combine the tax increases, the devastation in how we are dealing with medicare, it has never really ended up to a lot of us. those are a couple of them. host: representative chaffetz, the next call comes from florida. caller: you are against health reform. guest: now i am not. caller: let me finish. you do not want health reform. 50% to not have health insurance, but they did you health insurance. the senators after four years get $60,972 a year. i do not see paul ryan cutting things down. would you raise your hand and say you would cut your benefits? if i'd buy a car, do you want to pay need the benefits? host: we have the point, representative chaffetz? guest: i'm sorry you have had those strokes. healthcare is a sensitive issue and i understand that. i do believe there should be reform. i do not like the way it happened under nancy pelosi. i'm in my second term. the first term by was here with nancy pelosi as speaker and i thought the way it
it is only president obama and the democrats that have taken $500 billion out of medicare, and you have to be able to address those challenges. combine the tax increases, the devastation in how we are dealing with medicare, it has never really ended up to a lot of us. those are a couple of them. host: representative chaffetz, the next call comes from florida. caller: you are against health reform. guest: now i am not. caller: let me finish. you do not want health reform. 50% to not have health...
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he is going to cut a deal with the chinese to bill day pipeline. we will get none of the jobs or energy, none of the opportunity. an american president who can create a chinese-canadian partnership is truly a danger to this country. [applause] the saudis are building nuclear energy in saudi arabia. they're saying we distrust the obama administration and would rather rely on the chinese. the iranians contest with exercises and the obama administration cancels military exercise because they do not want to provoke the iranians. president obama is so weak that he makes jimmy carter look strong. [applause] let me say i believe the debate we're going to have with president obama, the outlining of the two americas, the america of paychecks, food stamps, independence, dependents, strength and foreign-policy, the america of weakness, those choices will give the american people a chance to decide whether we want to remain at the historic america that has provided opportunity for more people of more backgrounds and many in history or whether we prefer to beco
he is going to cut a deal with the chinese to bill day pipeline. we will get none of the jobs or energy, none of the opportunity. an american president who can create a chinese-canadian partnership is truly a danger to this country. [applause] the saudis are building nuclear energy in saudi arabia. they're saying we distrust the obama administration and would rather rely on the chinese. the iranians contest with exercises and the obama administration cancels military exercise because they do...
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president obama signed that legislation. public policy matters. public policy matters a great deal. we talked here today about the buy america provisions. been in law for 30, 40 years. basically says if it's our taxpayer dollars it ought to be made to buy american-made equipment. over the years, probably beginning in the 1980's and carrying on, those provisions began to gain loopholes. one after another so that at the end of 2010, the loophole was 12-lane freeway that you could drive any project through and buy whatever you wanted to buy from wherever it came from. so much so that in san francisco, the oakland bay bridge between oakland and san francisco had to be rebuilt because of earthquake safety issues. some of it fell down. the largest construction project, public works project ever in california. the main central steel column for a uniquely designed bridge, $1 billion or more, chinese steel, chinese welders, 6,000 jobs in china to save 10%. turns out the steel was faulty, the welds were faulty. the jobs were still in china and the inspectors were chinese. if we had a buy amer
president obama signed that legislation. public policy matters. public policy matters a great deal. we talked here today about the buy america provisions. been in law for 30, 40 years. basically says if it's our taxpayer dollars it ought to be made to buy american-made equipment. over the years, probably beginning in the 1980's and carrying on, those provisions began to gain loopholes. one after another so that at the end of 2010, the loophole was 12-lane freeway that you could drive any...
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on the significant deal of our discussion did touch on this. i recognize of the same time the administrative efforts undertaken by president obama particularly and his administration so that the agencies can control the illegal actions and curb the exporting of guns to mexico. we have seen a much more active effort in this sense than any other time in the past. i have a great deal of respect for the u.s. legislation, especially its second amendment, but i know if we do not stop the traffic and weapons into mexico, and if we do not have mechanisms to forbid the sale of weapons, as we had in the 1990's, for a registry of guns, at least for assault weapons, then we will never be able to stop the violence in mexico or stop a future turning of those guns upon the u.s. if i am against the trafficking of weapons in mexico, i am against the trafficking of weapons anywhere, and within any circumstance. the government of mexico will never be able to accept anything that has to do with opening this. president obama has been clear on the position of his go
on the significant deal of our discussion did touch on this. i recognize of the same time the administrative efforts undertaken by president obama particularly and his administration so that the agencies can control the illegal actions and curb the exporting of guns to mexico. we have seen a much more active effort in this sense than any other time in the past. i have a great deal of respect for the u.s. legislation, especially its second amendment, but i know if we do not stop the traffic and...
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i -- and president obama cutting deals for example. about our military and domestic spending, i think the whole congressional front will be interesting. we look at these presidential races and the jockeying in the debates. the real events happen in the real world. one of them in the previous hour, europe -- what will happen with the european meltdown and how much will that affect the u.s. economy? while happy with iran? and what happens in congress? that could affect the general image of the president, of the republican party, and could affect the presidential race. host: let me get your reaction to what john huntsman said they say yesterday at his news conference announcing that he is no longer in this presidential race. "financial times," let's listen to what he said on that issue. [video clip] >> at its core the republican party is a party of ideas. but the current toxic form of our political discourse does not help our cause. and it is just one of the many reasons why the american people have lost trust and their elected leaders. t
i -- and president obama cutting deals for example. about our military and domestic spending, i think the whole congressional front will be interesting. we look at these presidential races and the jockeying in the debates. the real events happen in the real world. one of them in the previous hour, europe -- what will happen with the european meltdown and how much will that affect the u.s. economy? while happy with iran? and what happens in congress? that could affect the general image of the...
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let's hold jack said that as a way to put pressure on us to get the right deal. russia did care about wto. it is a hotly debated issue. the pro-market folks wanted it. it did create leverage. we heard those arguments on poultry and pork. those are the ones i remember in particular. we think we got the right kind of deal. there was a lot it back then. with russia joining the wto, they have no leverage on us. that train has left the station. it is hard to understand who is holding this on. >> it is clear what you just said. jackson makes no sense. our study is there for you to pick up on the way out. if you are right and that is a no-brainer in economic terms, then it comes down to linkage. people want to link the abolition with something else. you are obviously close to what is going on on the hill. what is your prediction? what is the likely strategy to avoiding linkage of that type? do you think you can succeed? what strategy? >> i like the courses on democratization and revolution that at stanford. that is true. the one thing i have learned about the future is
let's hold jack said that as a way to put pressure on us to get the right deal. russia did care about wto. it is a hotly debated issue. the pro-market folks wanted it. it did create leverage. we heard those arguments on poultry and pork. those are the ones i remember in particular. we think we got the right kind of deal. there was a lot it back then. with russia joining the wto, they have no leverage on us. that train has left the station. it is hard to understand who is holding this on....
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let's deal in realities. >> 8% unemployment under obama. the last three months, less jobs created in september than august. this economy is not moving forward. people have given up even looking for work. we have trillion dollar a year deficits. when is enough enough? americans know enough is enough. >> we are going to get to deficits and taxes, too. >> the niagara falls reserve station is the largest employer in niagara county. there is the possibility of automatic cuts in defense spending if the budget deal in congress is not reached by january. could this threaten the future of the base? is it realistic to continue the current operations at the base? >> absolutely. that is why i had the opportunity to work with republicans and democrats and have an amendment passed by the entire house of representatives to protect the air base. we brought secretary panetta here, he said he was committed to that base. we have so many more things we can do here. we're going to have a $6 million simulator. there are exciting things happening with our existin
let's deal in realities. >> 8% unemployment under obama. the last three months, less jobs created in september than august. this economy is not moving forward. people have given up even looking for work. we have trillion dollar a year deficits. when is enough enough? americans know enough is enough. >> we are going to get to deficits and taxes, too. >> the niagara falls reserve station is the largest employer in niagara county. there is the possibility of automatic cuts in...
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6 to cut across those, and i do not care what kind of deal he tries to cut off. this man is deeply committed to wage war on the catholic church the morning after he is reelected. we cannot trust him. we should make sure the country knows who he really is. host: newt gingrich speaking at cpac. john gizzi, what is your reaction? guest: i may not have said it that way, but i understand where speaker gingrich is coming from. according to published reports, and as senator rubio mentioned, the president was urged by a number of people not to go ahead with his policy of contraception for fit-based institutions. vice-president joe biden urged him not to do it, among the first people to come out against the policy were senators nelson of nebraska, lieberman from connecticut, and casey from pennsylvania -- democrats all. the president made this decision, and while i do not have firsthand evidence, i remember a candidate obama said in 2008 that he rejected the notion that you leave your personal beliefs at the door when you enter the public arena or the presidency, and he c
6 to cut across those, and i do not care what kind of deal he tries to cut off. this man is deeply committed to wage war on the catholic church the morning after he is reelected. we cannot trust him. we should make sure the country knows who he really is. host: newt gingrich speaking at cpac. john gizzi, what is your reaction? guest: i may not have said it that way, but i understand where speaker gingrich is coming from. according to published reports, and as senator rubio mentioned, the...
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it definitely was the case that obama had cold feet about the deal on the table, and it is also pretty clear that john boehner and eric cantor were not sure they could pass the plan that included tax increases in the house of representatives. anytime negotiation breaks down, the two sides have different views of whose fault it was, and what went wrong i did not think you can put it on one side. at the end of the day, it was john boehner who walked away. i do not cover the legislative side of things, but that is my read -- i am not sure about the health care. host: this from twitter -- guest: can the u.s. and europe compete? i think that overstates it. the u.s. is still the biggest economy. here, collectively, is the second-biggest. -- europe, collectively, is the second-biggest. that could change. china has a large population. for high-grade services, high- rate manufacturing, the stuff that is really hard to make, it is still the case that the u.s. and europe is better than most developing nations, and you see that in our wage structure. whether tariffs are a good idea or not, i think
it definitely was the case that obama had cold feet about the deal on the table, and it is also pretty clear that john boehner and eric cantor were not sure they could pass the plan that included tax increases in the house of representatives. anytime negotiation breaks down, the two sides have different views of whose fault it was, and what went wrong i did not think you can put it on one side. at the end of the day, it was john boehner who walked away. i do not cover the legislative side of...
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whatever deal he would have struck with the obama administration would almost certainly have failed. he would have relied so heavily on democratic votes to do so that he ran the risk of an insurrection. there was a meeting during the whole showdown over the debt ceiling in which some of john boehner's closest allies met in said if you come back with a deal that he fashioned with obama at that is i get more than 100 votes or so, they've started to whisper a campaign against you. we saw and had been with speaker gingrich. it can happen to you. john boehner walked away from a deal. >> i want to come with the interplay. i have to ask this. i think he knows that the president was initially off the record. he was seeking one of the things he said is that he believes he can get a grand bargain. saying, andt you're may not be possible. some of the new members to comment and not give john boehner their blessing to go cut a deal. john boehner may feel in the same tough spot now than he was last year. a grand bargain may not be possible if obama wins under any circumstance. >> i have been doing
whatever deal he would have struck with the obama administration would almost certainly have failed. he would have relied so heavily on democratic votes to do so that he ran the risk of an insurrection. there was a meeting during the whole showdown over the debt ceiling in which some of john boehner's closest allies met in said if you come back with a deal that he fashioned with obama at that is i get more than 100 votes or so, they've started to whisper a campaign against you. we saw and had...
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host: elana schor, talk to us about this strategy the obama administration is taking? guest: in a way, this as going -- this has been going on offense, as the republican administration has blamed the energy agenda for what has happened to consumers. this is the administration saying we've created jobs with stimulus money, and we intend to review fuel efficiency standards, we stand by what we have done, and we want to talk about it. otherwise, they are on defense. politically, it is a good choice. host: as we mentioned thinks the president is eager to see in advance, electric cars, things like that, what has the stimulus done in some of these programs? guest: electric cars got quite a bit of money in the initial wave of grants. most of those headed time horizon, and because the stimulus became law in 2009, that money has largely gone through the system, which turns out to be a good thing for the administration because once republicans took over the house, they put the brakes on some of these things. host: what about biofuels next administrator jackson talks about biofue
host: elana schor, talk to us about this strategy the obama administration is taking? guest: in a way, this as going -- this has been going on offense, as the republican administration has blamed the energy agenda for what has happened to consumers. this is the administration saying we've created jobs with stimulus money, and we intend to review fuel efficiency standards, we stand by what we have done, and we want to talk about it. otherwise, they are on defense. politically, it is a good...
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we continue to add during the obama years, but had to deal with the iraq and afghanistan wars and the bush tax cuts that were never paid for. the support president obama as our commander in chief? -- and do you support president obama as our commander in chief? do you believe he is a united states citizen? do you accept the fact that he calls himself a christian? >> that was three questions. i will say, of course barack obama is our commander in chief. i wish he were a stronger commander in chief. >> to you believe in the? >> let him finish, please. you posed the question. >> i wish he were a stronger commander in chief. in recent weeks, we saw the tragedy of the assassination of -- >> let him finish. >> ok. >> they are simple questions. >> i understand you would like to put me on the cross examination stage. if you would like a -- >> i'll give you about 20 seconds, then we will move on. >> i wish she were a stronger commander in chief. in the last few weeks, we saw our ambassador to libya assassinated in an organized action by al qaeda on september 11. his response was to affectively
we continue to add during the obama years, but had to deal with the iraq and afghanistan wars and the bush tax cuts that were never paid for. the support president obama as our commander in chief? -- and do you support president obama as our commander in chief? do you believe he is a united states citizen? do you accept the fact that he calls himself a christian? >> that was three questions. i will say, of course barack obama is our commander in chief. i wish he were a stronger commander...
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it got bigger under bush and a lot bigger under obama. considering that you are literally more likely to die in the job as a federal employee than you are to be fired, it is a big deal because you hire these people and they are not going away. they have lifetime employment. i think obama should be held responsible for that and he is the president. let's be honest about it. host: finally, if you would respond to this political article -- guest: "a politico"is a left- wing thing that the taxes all the time. i don't know what to say about it. foster friess was one of our early investors and he is a great guy. i even said to them but i don't know if they printed it, he has never tried to influence our coverage on anything ever. he is the greatest -- someone asked me -- we run a small business that is doing well and what would be your business advice? my sum total of business advice to anyone is get foster friess as an investor. his own request has been to go head-to-head with them. i love foster. go look at our coverage of santorum if you thi
it got bigger under bush and a lot bigger under obama. considering that you are literally more likely to die in the job as a federal employee than you are to be fired, it is a big deal because you hire these people and they are not going away. they have lifetime employment. i think obama should be held responsible for that and he is the president. let's be honest about it. host: finally, if you would respond to this political article -- guest: "a politico"is a left- wing thing that...
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look, barack obama, as best has he can try to square this circle and make it right is dealing with a party that is basically, degenerating him to obama hatred. that is not me, back in 2008 he said and i quote, the republican is less and less like a traditional party. it is more like an cult than anything barack obama he does is the end of the world. >> what do you think is going to happen in the next two days? do you think they will reach an agreement? >> i'm not sure. i hope they do. obama ran on we're not raising taxes. now, income is a weird thing. i mean, look, i can make $250,000 in income as a working person and my taxes will go up. but if i was mitt romney the ex-presidential loser who made $15 million based on -- what is it tax deferred investments then my taxes won't go up a bit. the republican party is not interested in helping this country they are helping a narrow sliver. >> we're going to leave it there. we're going to keep continuing coverage bringing you updates from the white house or the floor of the capitol. we heard from president obama earlier from the white house
look, barack obama, as best has he can try to square this circle and make it right is dealing with a party that is basically, degenerating him to obama hatred. that is not me, back in 2008 he said and i quote, the republican is less and less like a traditional party. it is more like an cult than anything barack obama he does is the end of the world. >> what do you think is going to happen in the next two days? do you think they will reach an agreement? >> i'm not sure. i hope they...
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, don't you think that we have the personnel in the department of energy to deal with this and do the assessment in a timely manner, in order to approve a pipeline that would provide not only american energy independence but north american energy independence? buying oil and natural gas from our largest and best trading partner, our friends in canada, providing good paying jobs in america. but i want america to listen to what the president also said in his own statement. he said he was disappointed that republicans focused on this decision. we should focus on this decision. this is about american energy independence and it's about jobs. but he goes on to say, -- but can it does not change my mind and this administration's commitment to american-made energy that creates jobs and, listen closely, reduces our dependence on oil. period. not reducing our dependence on foreign oil, not reducing our dependence on middle eastern oil and countries that oftentimes don't like us very much, but lessening our dependence on oil period. that is the dynamic that's driving this administration's polici
, don't you think that we have the personnel in the department of energy to deal with this and do the assessment in a timely manner, in order to approve a pipeline that would provide not only american energy independence but north american energy independence? buying oil and natural gas from our largest and best trading partner, our friends in canada, providing good paying jobs in america. but i want america to listen to what the president also said in his own statement. he said he was...
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>> in 1997 there was a budget deal. there was a lot of savings in medicare to basically fund that budget deal, and democrats have resisted that. it is not that you cannot find compromise. the question is, it has to be an honorable compromise. i guess my view of this is, to me personally, i would find it a little depressing if our entire debate after republicans lost seats in the house -- still have the majority but lost some seats. democrats expanded their majority in the senate, which nobody expected. if you had said a year ago that democrats would expand their majority, people would have literally said, "you are crazy." and the president was reelected and basically swept the swing states. we may be divided -- >> but there is a tilt. >> in my view, there is a progressive majority for governance. to go with the same policies that he had a year and half ago with boehner would be a disappointment to people who worked very hard to elect him. if he takes that debate to the country like he did with payroll taxes, more and mo
>> in 1997 there was a budget deal. there was a lot of savings in medicare to basically fund that budget deal, and democrats have resisted that. it is not that you cannot find compromise. the question is, it has to be an honorable compromise. i guess my view of this is, to me personally, i would find it a little depressing if our entire debate after republicans lost seats in the house -- still have the majority but lost some seats. democrats expanded their majority in the senate, which...
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rahm may cut off kosher deals for jewish senior citizens that are on medicaid to save $5 a day. he said, you can't follow your religious prescription. i think we need to have a government that respects our religions. i am tired of being lectured on respecting every other religion on the planet. i would like him to respect our religion. let me share more with you about the opening day. with your help, and we will really change things. this is a major difference between me and romney. there is a brand-new article that came out last night with george soros, the left wing billionaire talking to europeans. i am not making this up. he says, there is really no difference between romney and obama. i am equally comfortable with either one. gingrich, that would be real change. [applause] let me tell you, george soros is right. i am real change. that is why the establishment in both parties is really terrified, because we will change things. [chanting] every once in awhile, you see local innovation and artistry. this is pretty cool. this lady here, you did it? is this available online? why
rahm may cut off kosher deals for jewish senior citizens that are on medicaid to save $5 a day. he said, you can't follow your religious prescription. i think we need to have a government that respects our religions. i am tired of being lectured on respecting every other religion on the planet. i would like him to respect our religion. let me share more with you about the opening day. with your help, and we will really change things. this is a major difference between me and romney. there is a...
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. >> any deal is likely to be limited. explain what that means. >> we've been hearing about the talks with president obama and speaker boehner athat they were looking at the grand bargain that would include tax increases and changes to social security, changes to medicare, cuts in defense spending potentially as well. we're talking $3 to $4 trillion in changes over years. now it's going to be modest and that may include changes to the tax code. but they're going to have to come back in 2013 no matter what and talk about changes in med sare and social security and address the debt ceiling as well. host: these are two comments and they reflect the frustration in the country. how is the bickering back and forth solving anything fplgt all government spending should be on the table for spending reform. and the other viewer says obama and the other i had yots until the white house are doing what they do best, talk. guest: right after the election we heard them say the election is behind us, we can put down our swords and get dow
. >> any deal is likely to be limited. explain what that means. >> we've been hearing about the talks with president obama and speaker boehner athat they were looking at the grand bargain that would include tax increases and changes to social security, changes to medicare, cuts in defense spending potentially as well. we're talking $3 to $4 trillion in changes over years. now it's going to be modest and that may include changes to the tax code. but they're going to have to come back...
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the quickest way for obama to kill a deal he doesn't like is to praise it. i've actually toured with the idea that maybe we should raise the taxes on the 1% because many vote for obama and they deserve it. the more serious part of the theory is if you want people to want less government, mabel they will pay for the government they're getting and they will want less of it. under obama, we have seen the federal government's share of gdp go from a historic range of 23% in peacetime to 27%. we have already had this wretched with obama care and the stimulus. we're told meet us halfway. they are open to higher revenues but not necessarily higher tax rates but obama does not want to have that are given. he believes in punitive liberalism to tax the rich. people will have to move off of that if there will be in a move on the republican side to. >> do you want to respond? >> i get a fairly robust response to that. that spending has gone down. the morn 0.10 -- the more important move is that it is more cynical. he has said he is responsive of a plan that includes cuts
the quickest way for obama to kill a deal he doesn't like is to praise it. i've actually toured with the idea that maybe we should raise the taxes on the 1% because many vote for obama and they deserve it. the more serious part of the theory is if you want people to want less government, mabel they will pay for the government they're getting and they will want less of it. under obama, we have seen the federal government's share of gdp go from a historic range of 23% in peacetime to 27%. we have...
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that walks through all the things that obama has to deal with. i hate to interrupt you. >> more personal attacks. i will go over there and overthrow the chair in a minute if you do not quit talking. the question was about the tea party. i think i heard about them. who are they going to knock off? what are they going to play? is it going to be richard lugar? is it going to be a member of the house? longtime chairman of the house and services committee. he is facing a primary today. i think we will see the strength of the tea party movement there. >> to cut argue they have already helped get olympia snowe out of there. one reason she is not running again is because the politics has changed. the tea party movement has given force and power to conservatives in the way it did not have before. you can see it with senator lugar who has always been a mild mannered man who has had to become more conservative on issues because he knows the challenge from the right will be ferocious. we have harris in the newsroom. we are coming live from the mobile cave. >
that walks through all the things that obama has to deal with. i hate to interrupt you. >> more personal attacks. i will go over there and overthrow the chair in a minute if you do not quit talking. the question was about the tea party. i think i heard about them. who are they going to knock off? what are they going to play? is it going to be richard lugar? is it going to be a member of the house? longtime chairman of the house and services committee. he is facing a primary today. i think...
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the state has four electoral votes and went for president obama in 2008. late wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i like watching the gavel to gavel coverage. it is the only place you get the real deal. i enjoy newsmakers. the books programs. i like that the commentary is only intended to let you know what is going on. there is not too much analysis. there is certainly not opinion. i appreciate how i can see through and understand the programming itself. i can get my analysis elsewhere. if you want to see how you governor works directly, c-span is just about the only place to go. >> justin friedman watches c- span on a comcast. san -- created by cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> a discussion on the current state and future of the news industry, focusing on investigative reporting and journalism practices. this event, hosted by zocalo public square, is an hour and 15 minutes. [applause] thank you all very much for being here tonight. thanks to cal humanities for making this possible. the top
the state has four electoral votes and went for president obama in 2008. late wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i like watching the gavel to gavel coverage. it is the only place you get the real deal. i enjoy newsmakers. the books programs. i like that the commentary is only intended to let you know what is going on. there is not too much analysis. there is certainly not opinion. i appreciate how i can see through and understand the programming itself. i can get my analysis...
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can sign it regarding the discussion on the unemployment situation in what you are dealing with, the research and everything these folks came out in large numbers for president obama who was the candidate in 2008. of the disappointed by the fact that so many of their rank and file are unemployed in 2012? >> there is a tremendous amount of -- guest: there is a tremendous amount of frustration. they reached out very actively. many of them are quite frustrated. they do not believe that president obama has done a good job on youth unemployment. they may have delayed a major life decision because of the economy such as purchasing a home having kids. they switch cities, get new skills, new opportunities. they are not doing that. >> and to bring up the major life changes have been delayed. we have another guest on this show. you mentioned buying a home. folks reports they have delayed buying a home -- 44% sun. saving for retirement, 28%. palin office to the mon, 27%. change in jobs and cities, starting a family -- 23%. getting married, 18%. is having a significant effect on these folks from
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did you want to attack some specific deals that he did. it is complicated. it is not the typical thing of going in and starting a business and then leaving. think of it as a super mutual- fund. they took money from investors and their responsibility was to improve the return. some of his partners said they did not discuss, would this deal create jobs? they did not see it in a negative way. they did not see themselves in a job creation type of business. they were in a business that was intended to get as high of a return as possible for their investors. >> let me show our audience how this issue is playing out in the 2012 campaign. one of the most recent ads from the obama campaign and the response. >> i was a steelworker for 30 years. we had a reputation for quality products. it was something that was american made. we were not rich, but i was able to put my daughter through college. >> it is important. oflet's start but the sale the plant. i know how business works. >> bain capital was the majority owner. they were responsible. the influence he exercised ov
did you want to attack some specific deals that he did. it is complicated. it is not the typical thing of going in and starting a business and then leaving. think of it as a super mutual- fund. they took money from investors and their responsibility was to improve the return. some of his partners said they did not discuss, would this deal create jobs? they did not see it in a negative way. they did not see themselves in a job creation type of business. they were in a business that was intended...
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the obama administration has made a big deal about that apartment building. mitt romney will be a more reliable friend ban president obama. [applause] >> no, it is eight party that is right to ronald reagan. reagan asked congress to raise the debt limit several times. the people who are running the republican party -- and mitt romney willing to accommodate the right wing attached record -- attack rick santorum. this is not a center-right problem. we differ about the most effective way to defend israel. i have been to college campuses, berkeley, brown, georgetown, yale, to defend israel. i do it from the left. i want to give credit to the netanyahu government. three government leaders have said pro-gay right things from the floor of the house -- obama, clinton, and net and not to -- and netanyahu. the fact is it your position is that you are going to defend what ever the israeli government does, your credibility as a defender of israel is weekend. i do not think it is possible to say it is israel's responsibility to get peace. what it needs to do is make clear
the obama administration has made a big deal about that apartment building. mitt romney will be a more reliable friend ban president obama. [applause] >> no, it is eight party that is right to ronald reagan. reagan asked congress to raise the debt limit several times. the people who are running the republican party -- and mitt romney willing to accommodate the right wing attached record -- attack rick santorum. this is not a center-right problem. we differ about the most effective way to...
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obama spent time and energy on the simpson-bowles and then did nothing about it. when are we going to hear a politician deal with the problems of our future instead of putting out fires every second of the day? host: thank you. the last question gets to your topic. guest: i don't want to be a -- for obama, but he has called for raising the tax on of the wealthiest and he does have a proposal, mentioned in a sense already, on defense budget cuts, which is part of what you say needs to be said. but in terms of a larger, really, forthright discussion, i think you are correct that it has not emerged and basically people are chicken to go that way. host: in your many years of watching the political process -- for last question was a interesting to me -- when will politicians look at the problems of the future rather than dealing with today's fires? have you ever known, the way this system is structured, for the political process to respond to 4-looking issues as opposed to the day's big fires? guest: to be honest, not really. i have covered congress since 1974. if you
obama spent time and energy on the simpson-bowles and then did nothing about it. when are we going to hear a politician deal with the problems of our future instead of putting out fires every second of the day? host: thank you. the last question gets to your topic. guest: i don't want to be a -- for obama, but he has called for raising the tax on of the wealthiest and he does have a proposal, mentioned in a sense already, on defense budget cuts, which is part of what you say needs to be said....
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we can negotiate a deal right here. do you favor the plan, senator obama? senator mccain, are you in favor of this plan? >> we have not seen the language yet. i think there is constructive work being done out there for the viewers who are watching. i am optimistic. the question i think we need to ask ourselves is how did we get into this situation in the first place? two years ago, i warned that because of the relaxed regulation, we would potentially have a problem in trying to stop the abuses and mortgages that were taking place at the time. last year, i wrote to the secretary of treasury to make sure he understood the magnitude of this problem and to call on him to bring all the stakeholders together to try to deal with it. the question i think we have to ask ourselves is yes we have to solve this problem short term. we will have to intervene. there is no doubt about it. but we will also have to look at how is it that we have shredded so many regulations, we did not set up a 21st century regulatory framework to deal with these problems, and that is in par
we can negotiate a deal right here. do you favor the plan, senator obama? senator mccain, are you in favor of this plan? >> we have not seen the language yet. i think there is constructive work being done out there for the viewers who are watching. i am optimistic. the question i think we need to ask ourselves is how did we get into this situation in the first place? two years ago, i warned that because of the relaxed regulation, we would potentially have a problem in trying to stop the...
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in the obama white house, me or barbra streisand? [laughter] we say, we will go look for something with the marine guard. this is why i love the marines. he said, governor, i will handle this. [cheers] that great marine what mary patton and i over to the second row right on the aisle. and he tapped barbara streisand on the shoulder and said words that until the day i die i'd never thought i'd hear. he said, ms. streisand, excuse me, you are in governor kristie's seats. [cheers] it gets better. you cannot imagine it does, but it does. [laughter] she and her husband get up from their seats and they see across the aisle two other seats together. these have little white pieces of paper like this on them that say reserved. but they sit down in them anyway. and as a marine guard walked back to the end of the aisle, but then he sees them sit down in those seats. he walks right back up and i am convinced this marine was a republican. i know he was. [laughter] he tapped her on the shoulder and he said, excuse me, man, these are not your seats
in the obama white house, me or barbra streisand? [laughter] we say, we will go look for something with the marine guard. this is why i love the marines. he said, governor, i will handle this. [cheers] that great marine what mary patton and i over to the second row right on the aisle. and he tapped barbara streisand on the shoulder and said words that until the day i die i'd never thought i'd hear. he said, ms. streisand, excuse me, you are in governor kristie's seats. [cheers] it gets better....
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i would like to say to all of those viewers who do not think that the republicans are dealing in a racist way, i am 43 years old and one of the things that i challenge everybody else like to recognize is racism. i have. i know what it is. i have been put through the same questions. i have been put through the same treatment as president obama all of my life. it has always been on a racial level. i just want people to know that, when you see people doing what they are to obama, that is racism. i do not care what anybody says. guest: you really think that criticism of the president can only be because people are racist, because of the color of his skin? that is absolute insanity. if you buy into that argument, you say that nobody can criticize the president of the united states because, if you do, it will be racist. that is crazy. we can go there. that is not who we are. that is not who we should be. that is certainly not to my audience is every afternoon here in des moines, iowa. you do not believe this president has made any mistakes whatsoever and that every criticism that is made is bec
i would like to say to all of those viewers who do not think that the republicans are dealing in a racist way, i am 43 years old and one of the things that i challenge everybody else like to recognize is racism. i have. i know what it is. i have been put through the same questions. i have been put through the same treatment as president obama all of my life. it has always been on a racial level. i just want people to know that, when you see people doing what they are to obama, that is racism. i...
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stein keeps telling us some falsehoods about the obama administration. the obama administration has indeed deported 1.2 million people while he has been there. way more than president bush started out reporting. we need to enforce the verify laws. i used to do this. you call social security, give a social security number of the person applying. they tell you whether it is a legitimate number for somebody that age to be applying for a job. employers are fine, then these people would not be working. there would be no reason for them to be here. host: daniel stein? guest: we agree with you on everything you say. we have been trying to convince congress for 30 years that this is a system that is to be in place. states are mandating that employers use the everify system. i am not here to draw comparisons between what the president has done and what president bush has done. my point was that president bush and accelerated enforcement. many aliens went into deportation proceedings but they were not deported until president obama took over, so he is getting cred
stein keeps telling us some falsehoods about the obama administration. the obama administration has indeed deported 1.2 million people while he has been there. way more than president bush started out reporting. we need to enforce the verify laws. i used to do this. you call social security, give a social security number of the person applying. they tell you whether it is a legitimate number for somebody that age to be applying for a job. employers are fine, then these people would not be...
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deal with. that is all on my website. >> the final question goes to vernin supreme. >> welcome back. >> this is not your first rodeo. this is not the first time you have run for president in the new hampshire primary. i am asking you, do you still stand by your pledge made in 2008 to provide a pony for every american? >> yes, i do. pre honey's for all americans. -- free ponies for all americans. my platform is a jobs creation program. we can turn their poop into methane gas. will be able to restock our soil. the important thing to realize is it is a federal pony identification program. you will need it with you at all times. thank you very much. >> that is our first round of questions. how many of you on the stage tonight will support -- i have heard more variations with democrats than republicans -- how many of you will support president obama if he is the nominee of your party? it appears he will be. two of you? three of you? the rest of you will look for republicans -- what? >> undecided. >>
deal with. that is all on my website. >> the final question goes to vernin supreme. >> welcome back. >> this is not your first rodeo. this is not the first time you have run for president in the new hampshire primary. i am asking you, do you still stand by your pledge made in 2008 to provide a pony for every american? >> yes, i do. pre honey's for all americans. -- free ponies for all americans. my platform is a jobs creation program. we can turn their poop into methane...
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in and of itself, but it feeds into the overall narrative, that's certainly the obama people are trying to create in the campaign, this perception of income inequality, wall street versus main street. in a different election cycle where the mood was different, it might not be as big a deal. this year having goldman sachs being one of your largest contributors is a problem for him. host: aaron sharockman, you are inundated with television ads as you watch the programming. what have you seen in the greater tampa bay area? guest: a couple of interesting ads. one of my favorites is from deliver union group running anti-mitt romney adds trying to link the medicare fraud that occurred at a time when mitt romney was at bain capital, at one of the companies called damon corp. it is linking mitt romney to rick scott, who knows -- who was elected despite his company paid $1.7 million in medicare fraud fines. -- $1.7 billion. you have two things happening here. you have a liberal group supporting president obama in november of attacking and playing in this gop primary, and on top of that, they are
in and of itself, but it feeds into the overall narrative, that's certainly the obama people are trying to create in the campaign, this perception of income inequality, wall street versus main street. in a different election cycle where the mood was different, it might not be as big a deal. this year having goldman sachs being one of your largest contributors is a problem for him. host: aaron sharockman, you are inundated with television ads as you watch the programming. what have you seen in...
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are talking about the deal that was much bigger than 1.2. they were talking about a deal that was twice as big. how do you get there? we have a grand bargain. who determines what the grand bargain looks like? --re trying to think through it will take us six or seven months. this is something that will be relevant after the election. you cannot have a grand bargain until you know who your bargainers are. we will not know that until after the election. that is behind the scenes. if they do not address this at that level, we will have another four years that look like the last two. i do not think anyone wants that. grand bargain just means how do you generate a combination of spending reductions and taxing that add up to a total of $4 billion? that is a lot of money. over how many years, i do not know. i think the pack -- the defense department -- they are one of the big stakes in this bargain. they represent 40% of discretionary spending. there is no way you have a grand bargain without avoiding more. one of the reasons he did not see big cuts
are talking about the deal that was much bigger than 1.2. they were talking about a deal that was twice as big. how do you get there? we have a grand bargain. who determines what the grand bargain looks like? --re trying to think through it will take us six or seven months. this is something that will be relevant after the election. you cannot have a grand bargain until you know who your bargainers are. we will not know that until after the election. that is behind the scenes. if they do not...
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so, the obama administration has once again shown the diplomacy does not work. we're in a situation probably where containment and working with the chinese, who are into the leadership, " for the chinese will convince this new generation of leaders get their approach is not working. host: that is the headline on north korea. we showed you were as the headline on the situation in syria with cross border attacks yesterday into turkey and another country. is the usip working in north korea and syria as a way of talking about what is the role of the united states institute of peace? guest: we were set up by congress, primarily the senate, in the early-1980's. we were set up in the shadow of the vietnam war. the feeling was if only we could strengthen our diplomacy, our use of political measures, we would not always have to send in the troops. in the over two and a half decades we have been in business we have developed approaches to dealing with a variety of conflicts around the world using political means. we are at a major break point in history. on the -- about t
so, the obama administration has once again shown the diplomacy does not work. we're in a situation probably where containment and working with the chinese, who are into the leadership, " for the chinese will convince this new generation of leaders get their approach is not working. host: that is the headline on north korea. we showed you were as the headline on the situation in syria with cross border attacks yesterday into turkey and another country. is the usip working in north korea...
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for obama. an expert in tax law will fight for deep cuts in spending to reduce america's debt, restore our economy, and create new jobs, and she will never back down. one of our own, michele bachmann for president. >> i am michele bachmann, and i approve this message. >> america is in trouble. >> washington is a disgrace. >> government has become too big. >> we need to change direction. >> we need a change. >> we cannot make the same mistakes. >> mitt romney is a flip-flop for. >> he went the other way when he got paid to go the other way. >> serial hypocrisy. >> this election is about trust. there has been one group consisting candidate, and that is dr. ron paul. >> ron paul has been so consistent from the beginning. >> he tells the truth about what he believes. >> he has never once voted for a tax increase, never once voted for an unbalanced budget. >> he is planning bold cuts. >> when he says he's going to get $1 trillion in the first year, i believe it. >> if you are tired of politicians, do
for obama. an expert in tax law will fight for deep cuts in spending to reduce america's debt, restore our economy, and create new jobs, and she will never back down. one of our own, michele bachmann for president. >> i am michele bachmann, and i approve this message. >> america is in trouble. >> washington is a disgrace. >> government has become too big. >> we need to change direction. >> we need a change. >> we cannot make the same mistakes. >>...
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for the first time, we are dealing with candidates talking about the truth. i think ron paul and jon huntsman are hammering home the truth. he was talking about obama leading on a platform of division. i think he is stretching the truth. we are in deep debt. we have to get the money out to the small businesses. the only way we can do that is by eliminating debt. i would like to know what the senator proposes in terms of doing that. guest: when i was in the senate, and was one of the strongest voices for getting our deficit and debt under control. i am the only person in the last 15 years who has led bills through the senate. i was the author of a budget reconciliation bill. it was the only bill that reduced the size of our entitlement spending by billions of dollars. the obama health care bill and have language that eliminated a new entitlement. after they looked at the language, they realized what it did. they had to kill the program. i have a strong record. i was on the budget committee with numerous proposals to get our deficit and debt under control. i ha
for the first time, we are dealing with candidates talking about the truth. i think ron paul and jon huntsman are hammering home the truth. he was talking about obama leading on a platform of division. i think he is stretching the truth. we are in deep debt. we have to get the money out to the small businesses. the only way we can do that is by eliminating debt. i would like to know what the senator proposes in terms of doing that. guest: when i was in the senate, and was one of the strongest...
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every single one of them is being helped by president obama. so, this is why i know that this in he right partner to have the white house if i'm going to be governor of south carolina. let me tell you why this matters. the main issues that we all care about -- jobs, the economy, spending -- we've got to get it under control. what do you do? first thing is we know we don't want anybody that has anything to do with washington. it is chaos. we can't have it. the second thing we know is, it is not what you say, it is what you do. he has done it. he had 25 years in the private sector and he fixed broken companies. our country is broken. when he took a failed olympics, he made it a source of pride. we need that pride again with this failing economy. when he went into massachusetts he cut taxes 19 times, balanced his budget with an 85% legislature. we could use that in washington right now. [applause] >> and michael and i are part of a strong military family and we need a president that will strengthen and back our military, not weaken them and apolog
every single one of them is being helped by president obama. so, this is why i know that this in he right partner to have the white house if i'm going to be governor of south carolina. let me tell you why this matters. the main issues that we all care about -- jobs, the economy, spending -- we've got to get it under control. what do you do? first thing is we know we don't want anybody that has anything to do with washington. it is chaos. we can't have it. the second thing we know is, it is not...
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in the obama white house, me or barbra streisand? [laughter] we say, we will go look for something with the marine guard. this is why i love the marines. he said, governor, i will handle this. [cheers] that great marine what mary patton and i over to the second row right on the aisle. and he tapped barbara streisand on the shoulder and said words that until the day i die i'd never thought i'd hear. he said, ms. streisand, excuse me, you are in governor kristie's seats. [cheers] it gets better. you cannot imagine it does, but it does. [laughter] she and her husband get up from their seats and they see across the aisle two other seats together. these have little white pieces of paper like this on them that say reserved. but they sit down in them anyway. and as a marine guard walked back to the end of the aisle, but then he sees them sit down in those seats. he walks right back up and i am convinced this marine was a republican. i know he was. [laughter] he tapped her on the shoulder and he said, excuse me, man, these are not your seats
in the obama white house, me or barbra streisand? [laughter] we say, we will go look for something with the marine guard. this is why i love the marines. he said, governor, i will handle this. [cheers] that great marine what mary patton and i over to the second row right on the aisle. and he tapped barbara streisand on the shoulder and said words that until the day i die i'd never thought i'd hear. he said, ms. streisand, excuse me, you are in governor kristie's seats. [cheers] it gets better....
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, but isn't that what he did when he was trying to get a deal with boehner? >> in the secret room, he did. i spent a lot of time trying to figure out what was being offered. i have this other party representing 30% of the country, that means i have to be out there with the plan. i don't agree with everything here but i will travel around the country. we are going to hammer out something like this together as americans, this is what i ran on, we know this is a problem. we know that growing debt is a moral shame on the country, and i am out there dealing with it. that is a 60% decision. >> come december, to add to complications of spending, debt limit, tax cuts, the decision in november, if they give a mixed decision. >> i think we can walk away right now, you can assume you will get a mixed decision over the house and senate which will be much narrower. i think the presidential will be closed and i think that -- i happen to think the problem will get solved. situations like that, nothing like focusing the mind because you will have to. but the speaker is defin
, but isn't that what he did when he was trying to get a deal with boehner? >> in the secret room, he did. i spent a lot of time trying to figure out what was being offered. i have this other party representing 30% of the country, that means i have to be out there with the plan. i don't agree with everything here but i will travel around the country. we are going to hammer out something like this together as americans, this is what i ran on, we know this is a problem. we know that growing...
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[applause] here is the deal. president obama always means what he says. he said it as the candidates. he kept that commitment. just a few months into office, sitting in the oval office, i spent 46 hours a day with this president. that is why i've got to know so well. he turned to leon panetta who is headed the cia. he made it clear what his priority was. on june 2, 2009, he ordered leon panetta "in order to ensure that we have expended every effort, i direct you to provide to me within 30 days a detailed operational plan for locating in bringing to justice osama bin laden." it was the president's highest priority. then he made what it the most courageous decisions i have seen the president make in a long time. he authorized a very high-risk mission to capture and kill osama bin laden. even though, and i was one of six people who for four months or so was the only one who knew about the possibility of this location, even though at the end of the day there was no better than a 50/50 chance that osama bin laden was present in the compound. despite the reserv
[applause] here is the deal. president obama always means what he says. he said it as the candidates. he kept that commitment. just a few months into office, sitting in the oval office, i spent 46 hours a day with this president. that is why i've got to know so well. he turned to leon panetta who is headed the cia. he made it clear what his priority was. on june 2, 2009, he ordered leon panetta "in order to ensure that we have expended every effort, i direct you to provide to me within 30...
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president obama has kept many of the promises he made when he was on the campaign trail. let me tell you as a native person and having elected officials on their promises, that is a big deal. to see the follow-through and the commitment to the country has been very powerful. the nation to nation relationship in honoring that and in the government and honoring the promises and literally meaning annually with tribal leaders across the country sends the message that he is listening. the appointment of several native staff members threw out the administration, i can see myself -- t hroughout the administration, i can see myself. that speaks volumes on how the president has really supported native folks. the declaration on the rights of indigenous people of the year and that the president signed on to in 2010, we were one of the last nations to sign on. it seems like simply signature saying this is important. but it goes a long way. it is symbolic. it shows that it is a new era we are entering into. it is a time when native people are being honored and respected in this countr
president obama has kept many of the promises he made when he was on the campaign trail. let me tell you as a native person and having elected officials on their promises, that is a big deal. to see the follow-through and the commitment to the country has been very powerful. the nation to nation relationship in honoring that and in the government and honoring the promises and literally meaning annually with tribal leaders across the country sends the message that he is listening. the...
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and then president obama campaigns and ohio. >> let me say that again. my agenda is not to put in place a series of policies a lot of attention and applause. my policy will be create jobs for the american people. i do not have a hidden agenda. i submit to you this, if you want a president who will make things better in the african- american community, you are looking at him. you take a look. >> nit romney and vice-president joe biden spoke at the naacp national convention in houston. >> just close your eyes and imagine, imagine what the romney justice department will look like. imagine when his senior invited a -- adviser on constitutional issues is robert bork. imagine the recommendations for who is likely to be picked as attorney general and head of the civil rights division, or those other incredibly important positions at justice. >> patty murray says she and other democrats are ok to let the bush era tax cuts to expire if republicans do not agree to a deficit deal that includes significant additional revenue. senator murray shares the democratic sen
and then president obama campaigns and ohio. >> let me say that again. my agenda is not to put in place a series of policies a lot of attention and applause. my policy will be create jobs for the american people. i do not have a hidden agenda. i submit to you this, if you want a president who will make things better in the african- american community, you are looking at him. you take a look. >> nit romney and vice-president joe biden spoke at the naacp national convention in...
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a one-term president, i knew i was dealing with a bunch of children and there's no way if they were legitimately trying to solve issues for the country, if you put that up front, how can i expect that they were going to go ahead and make this easy or even cooperative for them to work with the presidency. so that made it -- that really put a sore bug in my ear, when they came out with that from the very beginning, because for me, electing a president is about issues, and it is about the -- it's about issues and character, and i'll tell you, after looking at the debates and after looking at the republican convention, i'll tell you, i'm very concerned about romney. one gentleman called in and said people are not concerned about the attacks, the attacks. well, independents are. what you do in the dark tells you who that person really is and even his thing about religion, i'm a christian, i believe that religion is an individual choice but i do think that tells but the character of the person and where their direction is going. so whether you believe, whether you're a christian or 48 jew
a one-term president, i knew i was dealing with a bunch of children and there's no way if they were legitimately trying to solve issues for the country, if you put that up front, how can i expect that they were going to go ahead and make this easy or even cooperative for them to work with the presidency. so that made it -- that really put a sore bug in my ear, when they came out with that from the very beginning, because for me, electing a president is about issues, and it is about the -- it's...
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unfortunately five years later as we deal with the looming fiscal cliff, some in the president's own party are denying the fiscal reality when it comes to social security. here are the facts -- social security is the government's most expensive program. since 2010 it's been bleeding cash, and over the next 10 years it will do so to the tune of nearly $1 trillion. as recent "usa today" editorial put it, social security is indeed contributing to our deficit. to say otherwise is to lie to the american people. mr. speaker, all americans want, need and deserve that we work together to address our fiscal challenges. we owe it to current and future beneficiaries to secure this critical safety net. we can make social security solvent forever. let's do it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr.
unfortunately five years later as we deal with the looming fiscal cliff, some in the president's own party are denying the fiscal reality when it comes to social security. here are the facts -- social security is the government's most expensive program. since 2010 it's been bleeding cash, and over the next 10 years it will do so to the tune of nearly $1 trillion. as recent "usa today" editorial put it, social security is indeed contributing to our deficit. to say otherwise is to lie...
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let me -- last -- under a deal the president could raise the debt in two stages. this is the second stage that goes into effect unless congress disapproves it. both the house and senate must pass the disaprotion motion. the house voted to disapprove the first debt ceiling debt increase last september but the resolution was never adopted in the senate and the new level went into effect. we'll have live coverage when they return in about a half-hour at noon eastern. just a short while ago at the capitol, house republican leadership outlined their agenda for 2012 at a briefing. they urged the democratic controlled senate to approve the republican jobs bills that have passed in the house last year. they also called on the president to approve the keystone xl pipeline project. >> welcome back to the second session of the 112th congress. american families and small businesses are continuing to struggle in this economy. the number one issue for house republicans is to continue to focus on those policy that is we believe, we get our economy going again, to create jobs. we
let me -- last -- under a deal the president could raise the debt in two stages. this is the second stage that goes into effect unless congress disapproves it. both the house and senate must pass the disaprotion motion. the house voted to disapprove the first debt ceiling debt increase last september but the resolution was never adopted in the senate and the new level went into effect. we'll have live coverage when they return in about a half-hour at noon eastern. just a short while ago at the...
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is governoring and how he deals with his congress. caller: well i believe that president reagan didn't really hit the problems -- he didn't stress that. he spoke more as a as a whole. and president obama seems to think that the republican is a dirty word. you get that impression and we are all americans. and if president obama would take more of a reasonable approach to things, i think the country could be more behind him. host: as most people who have been paying attention over the last couple of decades know, today is the 40th anniversary of the break-in at watergate and there are plenty of articles regarding that. here in the "new york times," there's an op-ed by barbara allen who talks about female athlete and their thanks to nixon regarding the anniversary of title ix. >> nixon, there seems to be a concerted effort too separate the memory of the man from title ix which prohibits sex discrimination. the espn website is running a tribune to the amendment called the power of ix, which it praises as a law whose ripple effects extende
is governoring and how he deals with his congress. caller: well i believe that president reagan didn't really hit the problems -- he didn't stress that. he spoke more as a as a whole. and president obama seems to think that the republican is a dirty word. you get that impression and we are all americans. and if president obama would take more of a reasonable approach to things, i think the country could be more behind him. host: as most people who have been paying attention over the last couple...
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i think president obama did save this country from the great depression. his advisers did not foresee the great dropped. -- the great structural economic changes and drop. the programs were not as scale to deal with the jobless this we see today. i worry about -- this grand bargain of the elite. we have consigned this country to a new normal. full employment is officially 5.5% and i think this country has the spirit and creativity and innovation to make sure that all americans have a good job and that to be our aspiration. politically, i think these numbers tell president obama. people are hardened into their corners. sometimes think not to be too cute about this. i would like to come back as a woman swing voter in iowa. we're seeing that targeting of the 2%, 3%. i think these numbers will play a role. the hardening of this election is in place. host: the focus of the cover on your magazine and that is the next president possibility to make his selection for the supreme court. i'm wondering what your view is of the current makeup of the court and which dir
i think president obama did save this country from the great depression. his advisers did not foresee the great dropped. -- the great structural economic changes and drop. the programs were not as scale to deal with the jobless this we see today. i worry about -- this grand bargain of the elite. we have consigned this country to a new normal. full employment is officially 5.5% and i think this country has the spirit and creativity and innovation to make sure that all americans have a good job...
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our policy is that there is no single solution that will deal with this crisis we are going through. people who lost their jobs who find themselves unemployed. there are forbearance programs that can defer payments for a period of time. people have no equity, there is the harp program that allows you to refinance at a higher loan to value and it needed cash flow back to your family. restructuring, short sales, other efforts permitted under the making home affordable program by the administration. so, it is not one single federal solution. we support, i support, and it is very important consumers have access to any program that can help them. this is a very personal situation, when you find yourself not able to make your mortgage payment. and the solution that best meets the needs of an individual will vary on the personal situation. host: let me tell you about his background. first of all, from colorado -- bachelor of arts from the university of colorado in boulder. started out as a mortgage banker and an progressed at -- to senior vp at freddie mac, senior vp of wells fargo, preside
our policy is that there is no single solution that will deal with this crisis we are going through. people who lost their jobs who find themselves unemployed. there are forbearance programs that can defer payments for a period of time. people have no equity, there is the harp program that allows you to refinance at a higher loan to value and it needed cash flow back to your family. restructuring, short sales, other efforts permitted under the making home affordable program by the...